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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\nThe Dark Knight Rises shooting in Aurora, Colo., was sad and tragic enough. But in the aftermath, one story from that night caught our attention: Three men died in the shooting protecting their girlfriends. Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn, and Alex Teves reportedly used their bodies to shield their girlfriends from harm as accused shooter James Holmes fired into the movie theater. The men didn't appear to know each other, but they all acted the same way.This isn't the first time we've heard of men doing anything to protect the women in their lives. But why do they do it\u2014especially when they can get injured or even die in the process?\"For certain men, the idea of putting themselves between a bullet and someone they love isn't something they even think about,\" says relationship therapist Barton Goldsmith, PhD, author of Emotional Fitness for Intimacy.He doesn't necessarily think it has to do with testosterone\u2014Goldsmith points out that not all men act this way, and that women have been known to do the same thing, especially when children are involved. David Wexler, PhD, author of When Good Men Behave Badly says evolution might be at play. Men are hard-wired to protect their family and clan, he says, and those who did it in caveman times had bigger families that survived and passed on that trait. Both Goldsmith and Wexler say this behavior could also have something to do with our society\u2014we value the idea of a strong male figure, and raise men to want to take care of the people they love. As a result, when they're in a dangerous situation, they don't think twice about protecting a woman...even when it puts their own lives at risk.Why do you think men don't think twice about protecting the women in their lives?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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